Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 371
! ! 371 that he had commanded the servant to give him the sword and had been refused. The K ing called the servant over and said, “ What kind of servant are you, that when our boy has requested your sword, you refuse to give it ? ” The servant gave him the sword, but the prince could not cut the horse’s legs with it. He once again ran complaining to his father about the servant. Again, the King called the servant over and said, “ You did not give your sword to my boy. ” The servant responded , “ H u z oo r, i n actuality, it is the very same sword, but he does not wield it properly. ” Thus, the reality is that it was the serv ant who w ielded [this sword], for the sword itself was of no consequence. Likewise, imagine the Holy Qur’ān as a sword. The same Holy Qur’ān is as though it is dead in the hands of corrupt mullahs. Yet the same Holy Qur’ān is a sword in our hands. The Promised Messiah as has taught us how to correctly wield this sword o f the Holy Qur’ān. Now , when you are given this sword, if you do not take advantage of it, it is your own fault. You must search within yourself and find what you have gained through Ahmadiyyat. How unfortunate it is t o spend millions and millions of rupees wi thout achieving any outcome. Look at this convention for instance. Often times , women from the villages and towns say that they attend the conventions for the food that is served during the Jalsa. Is this the purpose of the Jalsa ? They endur e so much discomfort to travel in this chilly weather. T hey travel by rail which is in itself suffocating. They sleep on piles of hay when they arrive here and eat watered down daal [lentils]. They endure all these har dships , but if they do not use these three days of Jalsa to sow the seeds from which they will reap grains for the next three hundred and sixty days, then it is indeed a cause for sorrow. And truly, when you take the seeds of recognizing God from these three days and remain strong in the [next] three hundred and sixty days, then you will receive God’s support and aid. And, onc e you have attain ed Allah ’s help and assista nce, you will have achieved everything. All th e discomforts and troubles you have endure d to attend Jalsa will no longer appear as such but will feel comforting to you. You will feel as if you no longer eat daal , but g old. You will feel as if you do not sleep on hay, but on a mattress, and that you travel on the most luxurious of trains. However, this is only possible when you